The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-07-11
TElECRAPHiC NEWS.
TnB IMPRISONED MINERS.

yhe,r Bodies Found In IN old Drift
stopped by cave They br"p Down
Exhausted and Die.
VIRGINIA, New, July l0.-The airpips
has been extended along the Ferguson
DRIFT to where the bodies Of the six men
lie. The air is not hall as hot in the drift
as il was Yesterday This afternoon the
undertaken is goiog down with dIsenfec-
rtants to prepare and box the bodies pre-
.paratory to bring them to the surface.
The bodies of the men we're found at a
distance OF about 500 feet from where
they opened the oulkhead aud entered
tho drift and within 200 feet OF the IN
clned winze for which they were making.
The wiuze is au old one on the
6on. Va. croand sfd ads down to the
l,7O0 levei. They Nefe stopped by big
save that closes the driit. All were
found lyiog in lipe along ths DRIFT.
Pete Eddy was IN the lead, next to hun
1av John Kennedy, then Edward Jeffrey,
then Chas Doug Rherty, behind him Mar
lin Teegallis aud Ia the rear Foster liam
elbon. Tne m4n sppeH 10 have been
completely Exhausted, and when they
found the wayss,o, p ID by the cave IN the
<lrift lay duen aut dted Owng - LIE
grsat he at u thr de.tt 1he boHes iiavs
>Seen completely iesaisafe'l, aad no smell
was observed hy tho who we're stepping
and stooe'hx uv-r 70 IN 80 order t. rden.
tifv taem. Although the faces are much
daraered all are
READILY RECOGNIZED
By men wnotkubs tptp. Two brothers
of John kruuedy went do~n IN the mine
To daV And at once ident tiet his body
WITH Charles DYuehtrty MAS found bis
dinner pail with ms gold watch Ia the
top part. A kt Of candlrs was found
strswn about wner~ the men lay. All
the bodies u-re naked except that they
have on dtawefs. NJ ~rtIng OF any
Kind has been fou'd. The TN pals have
all been ltoked over 10 expectation Of
finding som thing scratched on them
with the point of a n,iners s caudiestick. IL
was thought EDDY would have written
something, as on a former occasion when
in a similar position he wrote every hall
hour.
YIGHIISC FoR THEIR LIVES.
The miners who have examined the
1900 station of the Bonner shaft, say
that the SIX men undoubtedly fought fire
In the station for long time. Ii Is found
that they carried back out OF the old east
station, where the lire originated, large
lot OF primers to prevent them from ex
pleding. There was at the station. two
large hose attached to a hydrant with
1DO feet pressure, and they only had To
turn cock to get on a stream. The
east station shows that they must hav,
but the Are out there, as the timbers al
stood. though badly charred. What
heat the meu was the cave. When tina,
occurred it would seem that they lett The
station and attacked the bulk head OF the
old drift 10 order TO pass through 1t to O
winze leading down to the l. 700 level oi
The Con. Va and out by the way OF Sutrt
Tunnel. All the water rails carried by
the men were found empty. They could
have got fresh supply by returning tC
the bulkhead where a barrel, two'thi'd'
full, stood u truck in the main DRIFT
but it would seem the efforts put forth IL
fighting the tire at the station and the
work OF opening way through the bulk
head added to the labor of 81 mbing over
piles of caved dirt and through narrow
places in foul air, and the great heat o.
:he place completely exhausted them.
TAKING OUT THK BODIES.
The work of be,ng'ng the bodies out
" the mine was accomplished more speed
ly than was thought possible early this
,vening. The miners below worked like
heroes; they had a disagreeable task tc
perform as we'll as a most arduous ons
md were in haste to have it over. AL
khe bodies reached the surface in good
condition except that Of Martin Tregaili'
which was. so much decomposed that i
almost fell to pieces 10 hand ing Whel
Che bodies had all been brought to the tol
of the connecting Wine aud placed II
boxes aud carried out on trucks to th'
Con. Va. shaft, distance Of 500 feet